RSVP - Amber Starks Workshop & Keynote
In celebration of Native American Indigenous Heritage month, the Jeh Vincent Johnson ALANA Cultural Center in co-sponsorship with campus partners (Advancement, American Studies, Anthropology, Engaged Pluralism, Hispanic Studies, Office of Community-Engaged Learning, Student Growth & Engagement, the Education Department and the President's Office), present a lunch workshop and keynote address by Amber Starks (aka Melanin Mvskoke) on Thursday, November 2nd, 2023.

"Amber Starks (aka Melanin Mvskoke) is an Afro Indigenous (African-American and Native American) advocate, organizer, cultural critic, decolonial theorist, and budding abolitionist. She is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and is also of Shawnee, Yuchi, Quapaw, and Cherokee descent. Her activism seeks to normalize, affirm, and uplift the multidimensional identities of Black and Native peoples through discourse and advocacy around anti-Blackness, abolishing blood quantum, Black liberation, and Indigenous sovereignty."

Event #1: Amber will be facilitating a lunch workshop titled, “Black Liberation and Indigenous Sovereignty- Realizing Black and Native Futurity in a Post-White Supremacist and Settler Colonial World" at Noon in the CCMPR. 
*This workshop will be limited number of spots available for students and campus partners. Please RSVP as soon as possible to secure your spot. Lunch will be provided.*

Event #2: In the evening, Amber will present her keynote titled, "Envisioning Black Liberation and Indigenous Sovereignty: A Discussion on Solidarity, Thrivance, and Futurity at 5:30pm in the Villard." There will be a Q&A session with a reception to follow. All members of the Vassar community are welcomed to join in-person or virtually.

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Lunch will be served at the workshop and a reception will follow the keynote. If you are attending either/both events, please share any dietary restrictions.
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